British
Royal Air Force conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan
laste week

The
British Royal Air Force 31 Squadron's detachment at
Kandahar Airfield has undertaken a number of 'shows
of force' (SoF) and 'shows of presence' (SoP) in support
of ground based troops across Afghanistan. Two SoP were
carried out in support of US troops operating in Regional
Command (RC) North.

Air
Force of India is interested to buy six more military transport aicraft
Lockheed Martin C-130J

The
Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress
Oct. 26 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government
of India for six Lockheed Martin C-130Js and associated
equipment, parts, training and logistical support for
an estimated cost of $1.2 billion.

The
third prototype of Russian fighter aircraft next generation T-50 ready
to fly in the near future

Russia’s
third prototype Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation fighter
will be ready to take to the skies in the near future,
a military industry source said on Thursday. “It
will fly when the designers are absolutely confident
in their product,” the source said.

Elbit
Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) announced today
that its Brazilian subsidiary, AEL Sistemas S.A. ("AEL"),
was awarded by a subsidiary of EMBRAER S.A., EMBRAER
Defense and Security, development contracts to provide
three additional systems, valued at $25 million for
the new KC-390 military transport and refuel jet.

American
Eurocopter announced today that the Baltimore Police
Department has ordered four EC120’s to replace
its current fleet of four aircraft. The department is
one of the leading law enforcement operators of the
EC120 in the world. The new helicopters will be part
of a fleet renewal program and are scheduled to start
delivering in summer 2012.

Russian
Mi-28 Night Hunter has lost the tender for the delivery of 22 attack helicopters
for India

Russian
Mi-28N Night Hunter has lost a tender on the delivery
of 22 attack helicopters to the Indian military in strong
competition with the American AH-64D Apache, an Indian
Defense Ministry source said on Tuesday, October 25,
2011.

Dassault
Rafale - Eurofighter invited to open their commercial bids to supply 126
fighters to India

France's
Dassault Aviation and the European EADS were informed
this week that their representatives would be required
to be present when their bids (for the Rafale and Eurofighter
Typhoon respectively) are opened on November 4, 2011,
by a Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC).

In
September 2011 the second batch of 3 Mi-171Sh military
transports was delivered to the Defence Ministry of
Peru under a contract signed by Rosoboronexport, JSC
in 2010 for the delivery of 6 Mi-171Sh helicopters.
Helicopter manufacturer - Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAP),
part of Russian Helicopters. The first batch of 3 Mi-171Sh
helicopters was delivered to Peru in May 2011.

FB
Heliservices Ltd, a joint venture of Cobham and Bristow
Helicopters, has been awarded an eight year contract
by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to provide helicopter
air reconnaissance capacity to the Dutch Caribbean Coastguard.
The contract is worth approximately €45 million.

Russian
Helicopters holding company, a part of United Industrial
Corporation Oboronprom, and the Chief Administration
for the social security of Ordos City (China, Inner
Mongolia) have signed a contract for the delivery of
a civil all-weather multi-role coaxial Ka-32A11BC helicopter
in its firefighting variant. The helicopter is equipped
with the Simplex firefighting system, horizontal water
cannon, and VSU-5 water-dumping system.

Eurocopter
Chile Delivers the First Ecureuil AS350 B3e for the Americas to Servicios
Aéreos Kipreos

The
Eurocopter Chile subsidiary of Eurocopter delivered
an AS350 B3e helicopter to Servicios Aéreos Kipreos
today, making it the first operator to receive this
new version of the Ecureuil rotary-wing aircraft in
the Americas

Eurocopter
ready to provide appropriate platforms for future defense needs of the
Republic of Korea

In
a strong signal of its capacity and capability to provide
for South Korea’s defense needs, Eurocopter indicates
its interest in participating in the two Request for
Proposals (RFPs) likely to be issued in 2012, proposing
the Panther platform for the Light Attack Helicopter
(LAH) program and the Tiger for the Heavy Attack Helicopter
(AH-X) program.

How
Gaddafi's convoy was stopped by U.S. drone and French Air force fighter
aircraft Mirage 2000

A
U.S. drone and a French Air Force Mirage 2000D attacked
a convoy without knowing that Gaddafi was part of it.
At war, things are often simpler than we think and chance
sometimes if a factor. Twenty-four hours after the event,
we can finally detail the course of the air operation
which resulted in the capture and execution of Gaddafi.

The
300th Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighter aircraft
produced by the four partner companies of the European
consortium, was delivered today by Cassidian to the
Spanish Air Force, Ejercito del Aire. This milestone
makes the Eurofighter Typhoon the only new generation
multi-role aircraft to reach the impressive figure of
300 examples in service.

Swedish
government and SAAB have submitted a Gripen fighter aircraft sale offer
to Croatia

The
Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM) invited
Croatian media to a press briefing in Zagreb to present
the Swedish Gripen offer that has been submitted to
the Croatian government. Through FXM, the Swedish Government
submitted an offer including the sale of either twelve
or eight of the latest version of Gripen C/D. The offer
also includes a support and training agreement for pilots
and technicians.

Three
former Gaddafi
regime armed trucks
was destroyed by British Air Force aircraft in Libya

British
Royal Navy ships and Royal Air Force aircraft have continued
operations this week to help safeguard the Libyan people
as part of NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR. October
13, 2011, afternoon, an armed reconnaissance patrol
of RAF Tornado GR4s was alerted by another NATO surveillance
platform to the presence of three former Gaddafi regime
armed trucks hidden beneath trees to the east of Bani
Walid.

A
JH-7 Flying Leopard fighter bomber crashed during demo flight at Chinese
Air Show

A
JH-7 FBC-1 fighter-bomber aircraft also know as Flying
Leopard crash to the ground Friday, October 14, 2011,
morning during an air show held for the 2011 China International
General Aviation Convention in northwest China's Shaanxi
Province, the executive committee of the convention
confirmed at a press briefing.